Another one to quit...

Inspired by Skater the other day, I put my boss on notice a few days ago.

I haven't quite planned when I'll walk, but effectively told him I think I'm at the end of a journey here by year's end.

We had a discussion about how we could make this work (usual suspects - promotions, pay rises etc), and while I said I appreciate him offering and am happy to explore all that, I don't think it's going to make a substantial difference to my mindset either way, as it's gotten to a point where going to work for 40 hours for what I earn is no longer rewarding physically, mentally or practically. Nor am I happy to work harder at say 65 hours a week for someone for another 20-30 years in the hopes of being a more senior executive one day.

I thought it was just good timing. I've just turned 30. I'm either going to do something more interesting now or never. I also felt in the past few years that going to work was sapping my energy and demotivating me; it was actually a drain to work for someone. While having a secure income is great, it's a capped form of security, and with it came a huge opportunity cost.

Going forward, I probably wouldn't quite use the word 'retired', as I still have flare and like to see where things can end up.

This forum's been a fun forum all these years. And while I don't 't find it as resourceful as some do, it's a good pastime and visiting here was probably just about one of the few more enjoyable things during a workday.

I love my day job, but I wish I could do less hours per week. I think next year I should be able to drop down 8 hours a week so I'm only at work for 28hrs per week. Then I'm going to buy a boat and sail and play video games with all my spare time

Hey Omni -ru DeltaBerry from ss?.
If so life must be good to be walking away from a secure 300k plus a year.
Hope you stick around and fill us n on your new adventures. Have always found your posts regarding inner city CIPS and forex in particular interesting - even if outa my league.
All the best.

A lot of people talk about how much they despise their job - but not a lot of people do something about it.

It's cliche but we're really only around for a short while - so spending a significant portion of life working in a sucky job is insane.

Having said that - it's not always easy to leave the comfort of that sucky job. If it wasn't for my wife pushing me - I'd still be in my old role. Probably ironing my shirts for the week right now while getting angry at the idea that Monday is one sleep away.

Seems like 30 is a common age to make the change.
I too quit my job at 30, 10 years ago now to run a business full time.
I quit for all the same reasons you did, but also that my start up biz of a few months was earning about 5 times my wage and I had no time to work for a boss. Essentially I was forced to quit.

It's all good to quit, as long as you either have a plan or funds available to take you to the next level.

You told us in another thread. I think skater's retirement one.
Reckon we should start an 'I quit' thread. Very contagious. I also want to quit but not quite there yet. Guess I've become the typical 9-5 slave.

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